Taliban, Afghan women

Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls' high schools to open
The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international isolation of its rulers.
Taliban deputy urges leader to lift education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.
Taliban deputy says there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
Taliban bans women from singing or reading out loud in public 00:54. A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying
Taliban minister urges leadership to lift Afghan female education ban
The rare public rebuke from Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister, comes amid persistent international calls for Afghanistan’s rulers to permit girls’ education in secondary school
Afghanistan: Taliban Minister urges leadership to reopen school education for girls
A senior Taliban minister has criticised the Afghanistan government's policy of prohibiting education for women in the South Asian country, a rare stance by the rulers of the nation which has been facing persistent international pressure for taking such a measure after forcibly coming to power in 2021.
In Rare Snub To Taliban, Afghanistan Minister Calls For Scrapping Ban On Education For Women
A senior Taliban government official has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls during a speech at a religious school in southeastern Khost province on Saturday, as reported by news agency The Associated Press (AP).
Trump seeks return of US military equipment from Afghan Taliban
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India steps up diplomatic relations with the Taliban as rival Pakistan loses influence in Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan have taken a significant step in securing their first high-level bilateral engagement. No foreign ...
Biden called families of 3 Americans held by Taliban to tell them he hasn't reached deal to free them
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Malala Yousafzai says Taliban do not see women as human beings
Activist urges Muslim leaders to confront Afghanistan’s government over its oppressive policies against girls and women ...
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Families of Americans held by Taliban upset by lack of deal for their release
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Joe Biden speaks with relatives of Americans held by Taliban, but deal to bring them home still elusive
President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from ...
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Tiny Steps for TAPI in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
The Taliban authorities say that around 3 kilometers of the pipeline has been completed, out of more than 770 km needed to ...
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US in negotiations with Taliban to swap Americans in Afghanistan for prisoner in Guantanamo
The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close ...
Taliban don't see women as human beings, Malala Yousafzai says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s rights in Taliban-led Afghanistan as “gender ...
Taliban 'do not see women as human', says Malala
"Simply put, the Taliban in Afghanistan do not see women as human beings," she told an international summit hosted by ...
Pakistan’s bet on Taliban backfires as violence surges
Pakistan has tried to pressure the Taliban to rein in the TTP, deporting more than 800,000 Afghan refugees, and instituted ...